Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 ...it's Friday the 13th! Here is some trivia about the creepiest day of the month: Fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and the day Friday. The two unlucky entities combine to make one super unlucky day. There is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Balder died and the Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned. There is a Biblical reference to the unlucky number 13. Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper. A particularly bad Friday the 13th occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France arrested the revered Knights Templar and began torturing them, marking the occasion as a day of evil. In ancient Rome, witches reportedly gathered in groups of 12. The 13th was believed to be the devil. Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose. It is traditionally believed that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel, and the death of Jesus Christ all took place on Friday. Numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number. There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of Jesus. In exceeding 12 by 1, 13's association with bad luck has to do with just being a little beyond completeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Fridays don't like me anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Oh oh... I´d rather stay home then... until tomorrow. I´ll call the office to say I´ll be there on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 My day is almost over. It wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be... whew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Today is also the anniversary of the Black Friday fire of 1939 in Victoria and the bottom part of New South Wales. It was on Friday the 13th of January that two million hectares were burnt out, 71 people were killed and towns were destroyed. Kinda spooky. Black Friday for two reasons. Did anyone cross paths with a black cat or walk under a few ladders?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Wasn't there also a full moon last night? I'm not a superstitious person. I didn't even realize that it was the dreaded Friday the 13th until I opened this thread. Maybe it's people like me, the blissfully unaware, that "get" it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel magnolia Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Peaches, did you make all that up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Yeah, I've got that kind of time to sit around and make up thousands of years of history. Dork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Well since it is Friday the 13th and most think bad luck...I am just jammin' it out here at the station today...kick azz music keeping bad spirits away!! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Ah yes, Jason Voorhees of Human Resources. A real cut-up at the last Christmas, er, Holiday party the year after I left. I never did figure out what he was doing with a Hockey mask, since there's no ice or snow at sea level hereabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Wasn't there also a full moon last night? I'm not a superstitious person. I didn't even realize that it was the dreaded Friday the 13th until I opened this thread. Maybe it's people like me, the blissfully unaware, that "get" it... Unlikely . It's the one's who think too much about it that tend to 'get it ' , as they are looking for it , perhaps , Jenny ! Full moon is the 14th ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 In greece tuesday the 13th is unlucky; it's because konstantinople fell on tuesday the 13 in 1453 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 That's right , Invisible , and considered a lucky day in Turkey -- go figure . Interesting how that date resonates on in the East , but is mostly forgotten in the West . Tears for Byzantium ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) oh wow, seriously? a lucky day in turkey? i didn't know that! oh and about it being forgotten in the west, I don't think many people know much about byzantium. we get taught about it loads in school in greece, but here in the uk for example, no one seems to be aware of the byzantine empire and they keep calling the byzantine emperors roman emperors Edited January 14, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Sadly , the main thing one follows in that late history is fathers murdering sons ; blinding brothers ; poisoning mothers ; strangling sisters ... etc. EEK ! It's hard to follow as few last more than a few years ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) oh and about it being forgotten in the west, I don't think many people know much about byzantium. we get taught about it loads in school in greece, but here in the uk for example, no one seems to be aware of the byzantine empire and they keep calling the byzantine emperors roman emperors That must be in non-Latin countries, in France you learn Ancient History in school during two or three years... I said "Latin" but maybe I should say "Latin and Mediterranean".... I guess Greek is not a Latin language... Indo-European, but the Greek branch... Oh, well, anyway, I meant the culture, not the language, really... Actually, I should just say "Mediterranean"... Edited January 14, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parralyze Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I survived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 HAH! I SEE YOUR JASON VORHEES! AND I RAISE YOU A JAMIE LEE CURTIS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parralyze Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Funny.Like the song ,Back Then,a line in it goes'Bruce Lee versus Poltergeist' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 my opa is so superstitious that he never leaves the house on friday the 13th! i went to my friend's wedding on friday and it was a very lucky day for everyone. the wedding was originally scheduled for six weeks time but the bride's father is unwell and they were afraid he wouldn't make it. thankfully nobody else wanted their wedding on friday the 13th so they were able to book everything very late. and it was a gorgeous day with no mishaps! i hope their marriage will be as blessed as their wedding day was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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